"I read tons and tons of reviews and was terrified to try paragard but my gyno told me that one of the causes of my frequent yeast infections was my nuvaring. I am terrible with pills and loved the idea of having something inserted once and never having to worry about it again. My gyno gave me a pill that dilated/softened my cervix that I took before along with 3 advil. To be honest, it was very painful. I do however have a very very small pain tolerance and it was super quick, literally the entire process was done under 2 minutes. I felt a little achey after that but that was it. It has been 5 months and I love it. To be honest my periods are much heavier and the first two were kinda rough but they are still very consistent, 5 days no more."